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Chicago Marathon Predictions!

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Fourth place will receive a month's supply of Ultima Replenisher.
Next 12 win a copy of Mel Watman's "Who's Who in Athletics," courtesy of American Track & Field magazine.
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Here are the questions and correct answers:

1999 Chicago Marathon Elite Participants

Men:
Ronaldo Da Costa (Brazil)
Valdenor dos Santos (Brazil)
Eder Moreno Fialho (Brazil)
Ondoro Osoro (Kenya)
Simon Lopyuet (Kenya)
Joseph Mereng (Kenya)
Jonathan Ndambuki (Kenya)
Simon Bor (Kenya)
Joseph Kahugu (Kenya)
Sammy Korir (Kenya)
Moses Tanui (Kenya)
Simon Chemoiywo (Kenya)
Carlos Bautista (Mexico)
Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco)
Andries Khulu (South Africa)
Thabiso Moqhali (South Africa)
Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa)
Bong-Ju Lee (South Korea)
Sung-Keun Oh (South Korea)
Todd Williams (USA) 		Women:
Lieve Slegers (Belgium)
Gitte Karlshoj (Denmark)
Marian Sutton (England)
Catherina McKiernan (Ireland)
Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya)
Margaret Okayo (Kenya)
Irina Bogacheva (Kyrgyzstan)
Renata Paradowska (Poland)
Ludmila Petrova (Russia)
Albina Gallyamova (Russia)
Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia)
Colleen De Reuck (South Africa)
Elana Meyer (South Africa)
Kwon Eun-Ju (South Korea)
Libbie Hickman (USA)
Kristy Johnston (USA)
Linda Somers Smith (USA)

Please use the elite athlete lists above to choose the top 3 Men and Women for the 1999 Chicago Marathon. You may copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) them into the text entry boxes below, rather than re-typing the names. If you feel a choice is missing from the list, you may write in that name.

Men's 1st place:  (50 points)
Khalid Khannouchi

Men's 2nd place:  (40 points)
Moses Tanui

Men's 3rd place:  (30 points)
Ondoro Osoro

Women's 1st place:  (50 points)
Joyce Chepchumba

Women's 2nd place:  (40 points)
Margaret Okayo

Women's 3rd place:  (30 points)
Elana Meyer

Here is how scores will be calculated for the following marathon questions:

Your Guess Actual Time Difference (+/-) Score
    < 10 minutes 1 point
    < 5 minutes 2 points
    < 2 minutes 5 points
    < 1 minute 10 points
    < 50 seconds 15 points
    < 40 seconds 20 points
    < 30 seconds 30 points
    < 20 seconds 40 points
    < 10 seconds 50 points
    Exact Time 100 points

Please enter minutes and seconds between 0 and 59.

Chicago Marathon (October 24, 1999):

Top Times:

Men

Course Record:
2:06:54 Ondoro Osoro (1998)

1st 2:05:42 (world record)

2nd 2:06:16

3rd 2:07:59

Women

Course Record:
2:21:21 Joan Benoit Samuelson

1st 2:25:59

2nd 2:25:59

3rd 2:27:16


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